GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Invented in the 19th century, cliché-verre is a printmaking process that combines painting or drawing techniques with photographic reproduction. To create the image, an artist first prepares a glass plate with an opaque ground and then removes or reduces the opacity of areas intended to appear darker in the final print. Photosensitive paper is placed beneath the prepared plate. When exposed to light, the areas where the artist increased the plate's transparency allow light to pass onto the paper, thus transferring the image in the same manner as printing from a negative. A chemical process of photographic development completes the cliché-verre process. The resulting print surface is smooth rather than indented by a printing press or textured by the application of ink.
Adapted from
Sara Woodbury, DMA label copy, 2011.
NOTES
Definition adapted and expanded from notes found in the 1963.160.FA object file as well as Sara Woodbury, DMA Label copy (1963.160.FA), "Cross-Cultural Dialogues in European and American Landscapes," April 2011.
Originally tried rule that used "contains cliché-verre" but there were no results. This may be caused by the hyphen or accent mark? Since I could not determine the cause of the problem, I opted to use the latter part of the term and the rule links to a single object as of 11/3/2016.
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General Description
Invented in the 19th century, cliché-verre is a printmaking process that combines painting or drawing techniques with photographic reproduction. To create the image, an artist first prepares a glass plate with an opaque ground and then removes or reduces the opacity of areas intended to appear darker in the final print. Photosensitive paper is placed beneath the prepared plate. When exposed to light, the areas where the artist increased the plate's transparency allow light to pass onto the paper, thus transferring the image in the same manner as printing from a negative. A chemical process of photographic development completes the cliché-verre process. The resulting print surface is smooth rather than indented by a printing press or textured by the application of ink.
Adapted from
Sara Woodbury, DMA label copy, 2011.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
Definition adapted and expanded from notes found in the 1963.160.FA object file as well as Sara Woodbury, DMA Label copy (1963.160.FA), "Cross-Cultural Dialogues in European and American Landscapes," April 2011.
Originally tried rule that used "contains cliché-verre" but there were no results. This may be caused by the hyphen or accent mark? Since I could not determine the cause of the problem, I opted to use the latter part of the term and the rule links to a single object as of 11/3/2016.
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